from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Etymologies

exploitation +‎ -ive (Wiktionary)

Examples

Mandela said although farm killings could in no way be justified, some of them were motivated by revenge, resulting from what he described as exploitative employment conditions or racial discrimination.

Several of my colleagues and friends hold less than glowing opinions of his work, some of it described as exploitative or racist, other times simplistic and/or outright boring nevertheless, the derisive name Rescue Yawn is an unforgivable attempt at wit that should result in a temporary loss of speaking privileges.

The conditions under which these boys are playing seem to be pretty exploitative, which is the early focus of the piece, but as is often the case with these situations the background conditions that make the exploitation possible are also very bad.

"The most common types of work done by South African children are: fetching wood or water, followed by farm work - which can be classified as exploitative work if it prevents the children from attending school."

"In our view, the proposed offence has the potential to put women into more exploitative or unsafe situations, may not address the problem which the offence aims to target (namely exploitative prostitution) and may discourage reporting of such prostitution."

Like the film's character with that nickname, the 24-year-old hails from the tiny, impoverished Dominican town of S.n Pedro de Macoris, grew up playing baseball, and dreamed of one day reaching the major leagues and living large in the U.S. Akin to his character, Mr. S.to saw firsthand the consequences of his peers 'surrendering their lives to the game: substandard education, unfulfilled goals -- and pro teams' attitudes, which have often been called exploitative, toward their Dominican prospects.